Automatic divider-block for hay-presses.



D. SCH OLL. AUTOMATIC DIVIDER BLOCK FOR HAY PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 10. ms. LQQQQMW Patented July 10, 1917.

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FRANK D. SCHQLL, OF GRANVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA.

AUTOMATIC DTVIDER-BLOCK FOR HAY -PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed November 10, 1915. Serial No. 60,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. SCI-IOLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granville, in the county of McHenry, State of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Automatic Divider-Block forHay- Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchv as will enable others Heretofore, in the operation of baling presses, a pause or stop occurs in the baling, at every two or four strokes of the plunger, thereby consuming excessive time. Hence, the object of the present invention is to provide an automatic gravitating divider block, spring started, to eliminate the pause or stop, or intermissions between the bales, and to provide a machine, in which-the balingis continuous and uninterrupted. 1

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a baling press, showing the improved automatic gravitating spring started divider block applied. thereto, 7

Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation, showing opposite side. 7

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View through the divider block and 'its'guide and supporting means.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing the upper end of the element 28, a part'of the rod 31 and the block 35. I

the

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a casing of the baling press,in the baling chamber of which the usual or conventional plunger 2 is mounted, which plunger is providedwith the usual or conventional plunger rod 3, which may be operated in any suitable manner, not shown.

Projecting. from one side of the plunger 2 and extendingthrougha slot 4 in one side of the casing 1 is a laterally extending pin or h1g5. Rising upwardlyfrom the caslng 1 near one end is an arch guide 6, in which the automatically actuated gravitating spring started divider block 7 is mounted. Mounted in suitable bearings 8 is a rock shaft 9,

the ends of which terminate in forwardly and downwardly extending arms 10 and 11. The arms 10 and 11 are provided with laterally extending lugs 12. Extending transversely of the arch guides 6 and arranged normally adjacent the upper wall thereof is a plate 13, bothends of which extend partially downwardly and outwardly and terminate in the extension plates 14, upwardly through which the upper portions of the rods 15 extend, so that said extension plates will rest upon the collars 16, which are integral with said rods 15. The lower ends of the rods v15 are pivotally connected by the pins 17 to the lugs 12. Upon the upper ends of the rods 15 are washers 18, between which and said extension plates 14, springs 19 are interposed, there being nuts 20 threaded upon the upper ends of the rods 15, so that by adjusting the nuts, the tension of springs 19 may be increased or decreased. The rock shaft 9 substantially centrally thereof has fixed to it a downwardly extending arm 21,

to the lateral extensions 22 of which a supporting tongue 23 is fixed, so that when the rock shaft 9 is in the position shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, this supporting tongue engages under the divider block, to support the same, as clearly shown in Fig; 4. The arm 10 0f the rock shaft has an eye 24, to which one end of the spring 25 is connected. The other end of the spring 25 is connected to a lug 26 rising upwardly from the casing 1 of thebaling press. Pivoted by means of a bolt 27 to one side of the baling press casing is alever 28, the lower end of which has a laterally extending lug 29 which extends partially through the opening 30 in one side of the casing of thebaling press. A rod 31 is connected pivotally by a pin 32 to thelower extremity of the arm 10, as shown in Fig. 3. The lever 28 at lts upper end, as shown in Fig. l, is provided with an eye 28 through which one end portion of the rod 31 extends. Slidably adjustable on the rod, 31 is an abutment 35, the opposite walls of which have apertures 36, to receive a pin p placedinto the arch guide from one side thereof, to be supported-by the tongue '23,

37, which may pass through any one of the apertures 38 of the rod 31, to hold the abutmentin adjusted positions. 7

As thezdividerblocks are needed,"they are as shown clearly in Fig. 1. As a balelpasses V j-out through the baling press chamber, the :lever 28 is tripped or tilted onits pivot, by

, the baleor the wire thereon coming in contactwith the inwardly projecting part 29.

"VV-hen' the lever 28 is rocked or tripped, the

eye 28 will contact with the abutment '35,

-.25';.thereby pushing'the rod 31 sufiiciently in order torock the rod 9 against the action :of the spring 25, so as to bring the lower extremity of the arm 11 in the path of the pin or lug 5, at the same-time the lug or pin ,5 reaches the lower extremity of the arm 11'. This oceurs'when the plunger2 is -on itsjbackward movement, and after the lug ()I"13i11 "5 engagesthe lower extremity of the :11, and the plunger 2 proceeds farther on its' backward movement, the rod 9 is not only rockedsufliciently to withdraw the supporting tongue "23' from under the divider block, but also forcibly and quickly start @the' divider block on its downward movement between the bale of hay and the plunger, that is, when the plunger reaches its farthest movement rearwardly. The divider :bloekr is started forcibly downwardly and yieldably by means of the springs 19,ow-

ing to 'a pull upon the rods 15, which are connected to the arms 10' and 11 of the rock rod 9. V For instance, when the rock rod or shaft 9 -is rocked, aipulling action is imwpartedto the rods 15, in which case the and the plate'13"will bear on the divider washers'18 will press upon the springs 19,

- block 7 yieldably, especially before the pluna gree, that they forcibly cause the divider ger has moved from under the block, which has been previously released from the tongue 23 so asvto rest'upon the plunger. Just so soon as the plunger on its rearward move- *mentpulls or removes from under the block,

the springs 19"are tensioned to such a deblock to quickly gravitate between the bale of hay and the plunger, after which the plunger moves forwardly again and drives the-bale through the baling chamber. As the plunger moves forwardly, the rod or shaft 9 rocks in the reverse direction by the action of the spring 25, and restores the plate 13 to its initial position in the upper part of the arch guide 6, so that another divider block may be inserted.

' The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful, is

' 1. In combination with a baling press casing'having a baling chamber and a plunger operable therein, a guide on said casing, a

divider block mounted therein, a rocking element having downwardly and forwardly extending arms, and provided with a member to support the divider block in said guide, spring means connected to one of the arms of said element whereby said member is'held under the block to support the same, a device in the upper part of the guide and "resting upon the Jdivider block, means connected tosaid arms of the element and havmg yieldable connections with said device to force the divider block between the bale and the plunger, when said member is withdrawn from under the block, and means for rocking the element.

2. In combination with a baling press casing having a baling chamber and a plunger operable therein, a guide on said casing, a divider block mounted therein, a rocking element having downwardly and forwardly extending arms, and provided with a member to support the divider block in said guide, spring means connected to one of the arms of said element whereby said member is held under the block to support the same, a device in the upper part of said guide and resting upon the divider block, means connected to said arms of the element and having yieldable connections with said device to force the divider block between the bale and the plunger, when said member is withdrawn from under the block, and means for rocking the element, said means consisting 'yieldable connections with said device, to

force the block between the bale and the plunger as soon as the plunger completes its rearward movement.

3. In combination, a balin press casing, a plunger in the baling chaiiiber thereof, a guide on said casing, a gravitating divider in said guide, a device having means to support the divider temporarily, means to actuate said device, whereby its means will release the divider to allow it to engage the is removed from under the divider, and

top of the plunger, spring means cooperatmeans carried by the plunger for further ing with the divider and having connections operating said device.

with the device, whereby upon further move- FRANK D. SCHOLL. ments of the device, said spring means is Witnesses:

tensioned, so as to force the divider between T. A. FAUCETT,

the halo and the plunger, when the plunger T. H. SMITH.

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